The effectiveness of brief pre-discharge smoking cessation counseling among smokers hospitalised in medical and surgical ward Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

• Main Author: Zainon, Wan Mohd Nazlee Wan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine; RC554-569.5 Personality disorders. Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse,suicide, child abuse
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/56632/1/Dr.%20Wan%20Mohd%20Nazlee%20Wan%20Zainon-24%20pages.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/56632/

Background: Cigarettes smoking is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide and the main cause of hospitalization was due to smoking related illness. Hospitalisation provides a good environment for smoking cessation. Brief smoking cessation counseling was created as it can be delivered by he...